US judge orders deportation of pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil to Syria or Algeria
A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to either Syria or Algeria.
Khalil was a student leader during the protests at Columbia University against the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday, Judge Jamee Comans ruled that Khalil "willfully misrepresented material fact(s) for the sole purpose of circumventing the immigration process" and can be deported.
"When their first effort to deport me was set to fail, they resorted to fabricating baseless and ridiculous allegations in a bid to silence me for speaking out and standing firmly with Palestine, demanding an end to the ongoing genocide," Khalil, a permanent US resident of Palestinian descent, said after the ruling.
Khalil, who sought asylum over fear of being targeted by Israeli forces, is to be deported to Syria or Algeria.
His legal team plans to appeal the deportation order, but expressed concern that the process would likely be swift and unfavorable.
They added that separate federal court orders remained in effect that prohibit the Trump administration from deporting or detaining Khalil, who is a legal permanent resident of the US.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Khalil in March as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on universities it claims have failed to tackle "antisemitism."
Khalil, who is also a citizen of Algeria, was held in an immigration facility in Louisiana for three months before the federal judge ruled that he be released on June 20. Khalil's wife, a US citizen, gave birth to their son when he was in detention.
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